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organ<br />

Brit common or garden, US common-or-garden variety,<br />

garden-variety: They bought a rather ordinary house in an<br />

inferior neighbourhood.<br />

--n. 3 standard, norm, average, status quo, convention,<br />

expected: Saint-Gaudens' architectural designs are far from the<br />

ordinary. 4 out of the ordinary. extraordinary, unusual,<br />

uncommon, strange, unfamiliar, different, unexpected,<br />

unconventional, curious, eccentric, peculiar, rare, exceptional,<br />

original, singular, unique, odd, bizarre, weird, offbeat,<br />

outlandish, striking, quaint, picturesque: She was looking for<br />

a gift that was a little out of the ordinary, so I suggested a<br />

pet tarantula.<br />

n. 1 device, instrument, implement, tool; member, part,<br />

element, unit, component, structure, Technical process: The<br />

eye, come to think of it, is a truly miraculous organ. 2<br />

medium, vehicle, voice, mouthpiece, forum, publication, paper,<br />

magazine, newsletter, house organ, newspaper, annual,<br />

semi-annual, quarterly, monthly, fortnightly, weekly,<br />

hebdomadal, daily, journal, periodical: The official organ of<br />

the Society is published in Abergavenny.<br />

organic adj. 1 living, natural, biological, biotic, animate, breathing:<br />

Though coal may seem to be a mineral, it is organic, for it was<br />

formed from plants. 2 basic, elementary, essential, innate,<br />

inborn, natural, native, ingrained, primary, fundamental,<br />

visceral, constitutional, inherent, structural, integral: The<br />

organic differences between the styles of writing are obvious.<br />

3 organized, systematic, coherent, coordinated, integrated,<br />

structured, methodical, orderly, consistent: The various<br />

elements of the painting blend into an organic whole.<br />

organism n. living thing, structure, body; being, creature: It is the<br />

work of natural scientists to classify all kinds of organisms.<br />

organization<br />

n. 1 organizing, structuring, assembling, assembly, putting<br />

together, coordination, systematizing, systematization,<br />

classifying, classification, categorizing, categorization,<br />

codifying, codification: The organization of the school<br />

timetable took hours to complete. 2 structure, pattern,<br />

configuration, design, plan, scheme, order, system, organism,

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